Thesaurus results for GROUND PLAN

ground plan

noun

as in plan

a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective their ground plan is first to finish college and then get married

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Recent Examples of ground plan Another researcher, Stéphane Potier, tackled Ulrich von Ensingen’s early-15th-century ground plan of an octagonal tower at Strasbourg. —

Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Apr. 2026 Room for Disagreement Faragasso, of the Institute for Science and International Security, argued a Special Operations ground plan would be far too dangerous and complex, making the option less likely for the US. —

Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 7 Mar. 2026 In this original usage, it was associated with concepts like designs, ground plans, and sketches—flat forms to be realized as physical structures. —

Leo Kim, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2023 The possible dichotomy between ground plan and volumetric form has never been more apparent to me. —

Martin Filler, The New York Review of Books, 22 May 2023 Clues were found in the remains of the buildings, ground plans, monuments, and plazas. —

Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2023 The keep-it-in-the-ground plan would require billions of dollars in appropriations from Congress -- and the administration just recently lost a bid in Congress to spend $3 billion buying oil for the government’s strategic reserve. —

Sheela Tobben, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2020 The campaign-season tumult erupted as GOP leaders put finishing touches on a pair of Republican bills: a hard-right proposal and a middle-ground plan negotiated by the party's conservative and moderate wings, with White House input. —

CBS News, 16 June 2018

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Noun

Jeffries, for his part, was far too careful to broadcast any grand plans.

— Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Before getting to address eager investors, Musk had to testify to a jury in downtown Oakland in an effort to prove his case and, if successful, potentially throw a major wrench into OpenAI's ambitious plans.

— Ashley Capoot,Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 18 May 2026